Dosage-dependent impacts of a floral volatile compound on pollinators, larcenists, and the potential for floral evolution in the alpine skypilot polemonium viscosum

American Naturalist

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 258-272

  Galen, Candace ^a   Kaczorowski, Rainee ^b   Todd, Sadie L ^c   Geib, Jennifer ^d   Raguso, Robert A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b The University of Arizona   (United States)

^c Chicago Botanic Garden   (United States)

^d APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Conditional ecological trade off; Floral fragrance; Floral larceny; Multimodal signaling; Pollination; VOC

Indexed keywords

PHENETHYL ALCOHOL;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BEE; DICOTYLEDON; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FLORISTICS; FLOWER VISITING; LABORATORY METHOD; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; PROFITABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRADE-OFF; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BEE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FLOWER; METABOLISM; POLLINATION;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; ANTS; BEES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FLOWERS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHENYLETHYL ALCOHOL; POLLINATION;

FORMICIDAE; POLEMONIUM VISCOSUM;

EID: 79751475040     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/657993     Document Type: Article

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